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Der Rosenkavalier, gilded and lithe, at the Lyric Opera

Por Dan Wang, 11 febrero 2016

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“Rose manages to convey, breathtakingly, a terrible fragility at the heart of encrusted power”

Crítica hecha desde Lyric Opera House, Chicago el 8 febrero 2016

Strauss R., El caballero de la rosa

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Edward Gardner, Dirección

Amanda Majeski, Feldmarschallin

Christina Landshamer, Sophie

Sophie Koch, Octavian

Matthew Rose, Baron Ochs

Martin Gantner, Herr von Faninal

René Barbera, Italian Singer

Martina Weber, Director de reposición

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

Graham Meyer, 29th March

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 25th January

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

****1

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Graham Meyer, 2nd April

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

**111

A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 9th November

Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.

****1

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

Cameron Kelsall, 12th November

Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.

*****

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Dan Wang

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.